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1. Feature

   Lock 'Em Down, Lock 'Em Up

   Did Lock 'Em Down Records exec Dewanzel Singleton lead a well-choreographed double life, or did the DEA finger an innocent man?

   By Keegan Hamilton

   Published: January 9, 2008

   The Lock 'Em Down Records bus sits on a set of bald Firestone tires beside a quaint white-shuttered house in East St. Louis. Even on a dismal, drizzly afternoon, nothing can...

2. News Real

   Vanishing Act

   Larry Cohn turned heads by making huge donations to St. Louis charities. Then he up and disappeared.

   By Kathleen McLaughlin

   Published: January 9, 2008

   When Landmarks Association of St. Louis embarked on an ambitious plan to create a tourism-oriented architectural center downtown, Larry Cohn said he wanted to help and eagerly...

3. Unreal

   Book 'Em

   Unreal relishes being among the nation's most literate and and gets close with the NuttyBuddy.

   Published: January 9, 2008

   To the shock and delight of St. Louis booksellers and librarians, a recent poll by Central Connecticut State University named us the sixth-most-literate city in America. "I was...

4. You Are Here

   Notes From a Second Class Citizen, Part 13

   Week of Janurary 10, 2008.

   By Timothy Lane

   Published: January 9, 2008

   Notes From a Second Class Citizen, Part 13

5. Ask a Mexican

   Mormon Accents

   The Mexican calls out Romney and explains how to type in Spanish.

   Published: January 9, 2008

   Dear Mexican: I feel that the more Mexicans who come to this country, the better. I am a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In our Book of...

6. Music

   More Than Meets the Eye

   Rapper/producer Vandalyzm makes a major splash with his debut album.

   By Keegan Hamilton

   Published: January 9, 2008

   In the world of Transformers geekdom, controversy surrounds the name "Megatron." Those who dislike the leader of the evil Decepticons interpret the name as an allusion to the...

7. B-Sides

   Fly Like an Eagle

   B-Sides finds its religion with Fred Eaglesmith and traces Charles Walker's circuitous path from R&B obscurity to funk-soul innovator.

   By Roy Kasten

   Published: January 9, 2008

   Fred J. Eaglesmith — farmer, gearhead, painter, songwriter, outlaw icon and businessman — has more hats than all the souvenir shops in Nashville. With his gruff...

8. Critics' Picks

   The Bohemian Rhapsody Orchestra

   9 p.m. Friday, January 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

   By Ryan Wasoba

   Published: January 9, 2008

   JJ Midnight is a 47-year-old St. Louis native who works in video production, loves wrap-around sunglasses and tucks his T-shirts into his jeans. What does he have in common...

9. Critics' Picks

   Marcia Ball

   8 p.m. Friday, January 11. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.

   By Roy Kasten

   Published: January 9, 2008

   Geography partly explains the power and appeal of blues belter and boogie-woogie piano banger Marcia Ball — but only partly. Raised on the Texas border in the small...

10. Critics' Picks

    Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers

    8 p.m. Saturday, January 12. Throttle, 720 North First Street.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: January 9, 2008

    What the swamp-boogie badasses in Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers lack in fancy manners and social graces, they make up for in scope and ambition. Singer and harpist J.D. Wilkes...

11. Critics' Picks

    Lloyd Dobler Effect

    9 p.m. Monday, January 14. Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: January 9, 2008

    The effect of Lloyd Dobler, thanks to Say Anything: Men are totally fucked, because they will never live up to John Cusack's character in the movie. Helplessly in love with...

12. Critics' Picks

    I, Colossus

    9 p.m. Wednesday, January 16. Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: January 9, 2008

    On I, Colossus' self-titled debut, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew Sandstedt manages a challenging feat: He crafts songs that could satisfy the...

13. Homespun

    LucaBrasi

    LucaBrasi
    (self-released)

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: January 9, 2008

    A kind of super-group composed of St. Louis hard-rock lifers, LucaBrasi matches vocalist Matt McInerney (Ulcer Inc.) with the rhythm section from Adair and guitarist Jerry...

14. Cafe

    Just Ducky

    Clayton's newest restaurant has style to burn — and the substance to back it up.

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: January 9, 2008

    In 2006 the Chicago City Council attracted much attention — and not a little scorn — when it banned foie gras from restaurants. Foie gras is fattened duck or goose...

15. Drink of the Week

    Blackberry Wheat

    Wm. D. Alandale Brewing Company
    105 E. Jefferson Avenue, Kirkwood
    314-966-2739

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: January 9, 2008

    Hey, Alandale. Thanks for meeting us here. Wow, this is so much harder than we thought it would be. But we both know this isn't working. First of all, you should know that...

16. Keep It Down

    The Harlem Car Bomb

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: January 9, 2008

    If this primary season is showing the Democrats anything, it's that they're suffering an embarrassment of riches of sorts: Should they back a charismatic first-term senator...

17. Film

    Lock up the Kids

    It's a hard-knock (and creepy) life in The Orphanage.

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: January 9, 2008

    Having a child destroys your immunity to horror, real or imagined. Before the blessed event, you could laugh off The Exorcist, The Omen, or any of a thousand gory shockers with...

18. Stage

    Kid Creole

    The Black Rep moves Othello to New Orleans. Does Shakespeare survive the trip?

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: January 9, 2008

    It sounded like a good idea. The Black Rep's staging of Othello, the press release promised, was "to have Creole flair." Shakespeare's tragedy is fraught with references to...

19. Stage

    Sorry Morrie

    See the Rep's production of Tuesdays with Morrie if you must — but see it for Bernie Passeltiner's performance.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: January 9, 2008

    The sentiment flowed early in Tuesdays with Morrie, the tearjerker currently on view at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and it began with the applause that greeted the...

20. Game On

    Shift Happens

    Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: January 9, 2008

    When I was 12, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway totally screwed me over. After visiting the famed Brickyard and eagerly paying 10 bucks to take "a lap around the track," I was...